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Active Collab "chat module" Remote PHP Code Injection Exploit

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Active Collab "chat module" Remote PHP Code Injection Exploit

Disclosed
05/30/2012
Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module exploits an arbitrary code injection vulnerability in the chat module that is part of Active Collab versions 2.3.8 and earlier by abusing a preg_replace() using the /e modifier and its replacement string using double quotes. The vulnerable function can be found in activecollab/application/modules/chat/functions/html_to_text.php.

Author(s)

  • mr_me <steventhomasseeley@gmail.com>

Platform

PHP

Architectures

php

Development

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':

msf > use exploit/multi/http/activecollab_chat
msf exploit(activecollab_chat) > show targets
    ...targets...
msf exploit(activecollab_chat) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(activecollab_chat) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf exploit(activecollab_chat) > exploit

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